boat

S2 W1

in Vietnamese tàu nhỏ, thuyền

BrE /bəʊt/ AmE /boʊt/

noun en → vi

1 TRANSPORT [singular] A2

tàu nhỏ, thuyền

a small water vehicle for passengers or goods, smaller than a ship

  • a boat

Collocations rowing boat · fishing boat

  • We went out in a rowing boat.

    Chúng tôi đi ra ngoài bằng thuyền chèo.

2 SPORT [singular] B1

tàu đua, thuyền thể thao

a small racing or sports boat, often with one person and one oar

  • a boat

Collocations rowing boat race · sailing boat competition

  • He won the rowing boat race.

    Anh ấy đã thắng cuộc đua thuyền chèo.

3 PLACE [singular] B2

cảng tàu, xưởng sửa chữa tàu

a place where boats are kept or repaired, a dockyard

  • the boat

Collocations boat yard · boat club

  • The boat was in the repair yard.

    Tàu đang ở trong xưởng sửa chữa.

1 VERB [infin], [take + obj] A2

đi bằng thuyền

to travel by boat, to go on a trip using a boat

  • go boating

Collocations go boating on the lake · take a boat trip

  • We went boating last weekend.

    Chúng tôi đã đi thuyền cuối tuần trước.

2 VERB [transitive] B1

đưa tàu ra nước

to put a boat into the water, to launch a boat

  • take + obj

Collocations take a boat out · launch a boat

  • He took the boat out for a test run.

    Anh ấy đã đưa tàu ra nước để thử nghiệm.